Earthquake 5.0 of Papua New Guinea
Magnitude 4.9 Date-Time Sunday, January 01, 2012 at 19:32:51 UTC Monday, January 02, 2012 at 05:32:51 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 5.132°S, 154.303°E Depth 146 km (90.7 miles) Region BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Distances 158 km (98 miles) ESE of Taron, New Ireland, PNG 183 km (113 miles) NW of Arawa, Bougainville, PNG 784 km (487 miles) NW of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2480 km (1541 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 28.8 km (17.9 miles); depth +/- 15.2 km (9.4 miles) Parameters NST= 31, Nph= 32, Dmin=259.4 km, Rmss=1.05 sec, Gp=108°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=5 Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID usc0007fh2 View Larger Map